Exploring Boise is an experience all its own. Not only is Boise the Capitol and largest city of Idaho, but it is an enlightened city that has taken a very active role in creating a world-class Greenbelt along the river corridor with a unique interconnected park system and a wonderful trail system, called Ridges to Rivers in and around the perimeter of the city. Each day that we were in Boise we took full advantage of this outstanding system of parks and hiking trails.
On Wednesday, Aug. 7th, we hiked up to another overlook on the Fort Boise Military Reserve. In the afternoon we had to drive to Meridian, Idaho so Dad could get his mandatory second Shingrix inoculation before the first one expired.
Then on Thursday, Aug. 8th, we hiked up another part of the hiking trails from the Fort Boise Military Reserve that took us behind the foothills surrounding Boise in the morning.
In the afternoon we went to Lucky Peak State Park and Lucky Peak Reservoir south of the Boise. It is very beautiful and very long, winding in and out of the mountains for several miles.
On Friday, Aug. 9, we spent a couple of hours walking along the Boise River Greenbelt from Bethine Church River Trail through Baggley Park through Ann Morrison Memorial Park to Mariane Williams Park, where the Boise Zoo is located.
Then we went to our new rental home on the other side of the city. Kestrel's Perch is nice house halfway up a steep canyon road above the city of Boise, Idaho. Kestrels are a small falcon that hovers in one place with rapidly beating wings while searching for prey on the ground. They are the smallest bird of prey in the falcon family, brightly colored, and sought after by birders and photographer alike.
On Saturday, Aug. 10th, we hiked another of the Ridges to Rivers trail system from the other side of town, for about six miles, starting behind a Junior High School and looping back around to the starting point. Then we spent the rest of the day planning the next part of our Great Adventure.
On Sunday, Aug. 11th, we drove 40 miles to the World Center for Birds of Prey to explore the world of Raptors. They even had a California Condor there that was being rehabilitated.
Part of the center is along the Snake River where we stopped for lunch and spent some time trying to get more pictures of Hawks, Falcons, Kestrels, and Eagles.
We left there and drove on to the Swan Falls Dam, the oldest power dam in Idaho. The Snake River Canyon is very impressive and can be viewed by car from overlooks in several places.
Tomorrow we will be heading South, near Twin Falls, Idaho for a few days. That is where the world-famous daredevil Evel Kneviel attempted to jump the Snake River Canyon in 1974😃.
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